Political Economy of Turkey - Third World in Global Politics

Informationen zum Autor Zulkuf Aydin is a lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Leeds. He received his doctorate in 1972 from the University of Ankara. Klappentext Since the 1970s, Turkey has faced some of the most serious crises since the Republic was established in 1923. This book analyses the political and socio-economic problems faced by Turkey in recent decades and the country's gradual integration into the global economy. Social unrest, political and ethnic violence, paralysis of the state bureaucracy and other institutions, increasing foreign debt, decreasing economic growth, vast inflation and increasing unemployment have all been part of everyday life in Turkey's recent history. Zulkuf Aydin argues that this state of affairs is symptomatic of a deeper, more enduring crisis arising from the way in which Turkey has been integrated into the global economy. Looking at democracy, repression, the military, the Kurdish question and regional inequalities, civil society, human rights and Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey, he shows how Turkey has become reliant on foreign investment and international financial institutions, offering a broader critique of globalisation in this light. Zusammenfassung Aydin analyses the recent poliltical and socio-economic problems faced by Turkey and the country's gradual integration into the global economy.

Product details

• Authors: Zulkuf Aydin, Zülküf Aydin
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2004
• EAN: 9780745318264
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-1826-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 213 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Third World in Global Politics; Third World in Global Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Türkei, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Turkey, Political Economy, Türkiye / Turkey